Staff Software Engineer, DevPlatform
$217K–$303K
Remote - United States +1 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 7, 2026
- Location
- Remote - United States
San Francisco, CA, United States - Experience
- 7+ years of industry experience in backend, infrastructure, developer tools, or app platforms.
About the job
Build and maintain Reddit’s backend developer platform and infrastructure, including scalable services and features for external developers.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain the developer platform’s underlying infrastructure, and develop features such as SQL database as a service.
- Contribute across the development lifecycle, from design and implementation through testing, analysis, and launch.
- Help shape team strategy and provide technical leadership, including code and design reviews and mentoring.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of industry experience in backend, infrastructure, developer tools, or app platforms.
- Experience with Go, Typescript, Redis, distributed SQL, and Kubernetes.
- Technical leadership on large-scale projects and day-to-day troubleshooting.
- Mentoring and coaching engineers, with strong software engineering practices and communication skills.
Pay
$217,000 — $303,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Go, Typescript, Redis, distributed SQL, Kubernetes
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